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RE-THINK TAX OFFICE CLOSURES SAYS HEATH
Sun 13th Jul 2008
Somerton & Frome MP David Heath has called on Ministers to re-think the closure of tax offices across Somerset. Speaking in questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Parliament today, Mr Heath said that the decision to close HM Revenue & Customs offices in Frome, Yeovil, Wells, Bridgwater and Weston-super-Mare would damage the local economy and provide a worse level of service to people in Somerset.
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TAX RULES ON VOLUNTARY CAR DRIVERS MUST BE CHANGED
Sun 13th Jul 2008
Local MP David Heath has called for a change in the tax treatment of volunteer drivers such as the Hospital Car Service to stop the reduction in numbers over recent months. Many volunteer drivers, who are not paid but receive car expenses on a mileage basis, are being forced to give up because the mileage rates fall short of the real costs of motoring.
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DAVID HEATH NOMINATED AS 'BEST BACKBENCHER' MP IN PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
Mon 9th Jun 2008
Somerton & Frome MP David Heath has been shortlisted in the category of 'Best Backbencher' in the forthcoming The House Magazine Parliamentary Awards, for demonstrating 'sharp debating skills in the Chamber'. This is the 6th time he has been nominated for the award during his eleven years in Parliament, although as voting generally occurs along political lines, he has not won it.
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Close shave for Tories
Sun 4th May 2008
The Mendip North East County Council by-election - caused by the disqualification of the previous Conservative Councillor - almost resulted in a big upset for the Tories.
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MP's PLEA ON THATCHES
Mon 7th Apr 2008
Local MP David Heath has called for a rethink on the way planning officers deal with thatched cottages in an intervention in the House of Commons. In a question to local government minister Hazel Blears, Mr Heath called for relaxing guidelines on listed buildings to deal with a national shortage of thatching straw.
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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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